MSE News: iPhone 4 to launch this month, but on which networks?

student89

there is no 8gb 3gs. 16 and 32, the same as the new iphone 4.
if what the woman says is right the iphone 4 will be = 16gb £449 and 32gb £499. (the same as the iphone 3gs models are on the apple uk website now)

secretmsg

student89 wrote: »

there is no 8gb 3gs. 16 and 32, the same as the new iphone 4.
if what the woman says is right the iphone 4 will be = 16gb £449 and 32gb £499. (the same as the iphone 3gs models are on the apple uk website now)

AFAIK, 3gs 16gb will be scrapped and 8gb 3gs will be sold from now onwards after 24 june.

Oscar_The_Grouch

secretmsg wrote: »

AFAIK, 3gs 16gb will be scrapped and 8gb 3gs will be sold from now onwards after 24 june.

I do wonder what they'll do with the remaining 16Gb and 32 Gb 3GS that they have in stock on/after 24 June. I presume they will put the 16Gb at someowhere between the 8Gb and the Iphone 4 16Gb, with the 32Gb 3GS for the same price as the iPhone 4 16Gb.

What does everyone else think?

secretmsg

Oscar_The_Grouch wrote: »

I do wonder what they'll do with the remaining 16Gb and 32 Gb 3GS that they have in stock on/after 24 June. I presume they will put the 16Gb at someowhere between the 8Gb and the Iphone 4 16Gb, with the 32Gb 3GS for the same price as the iPhone 4 16Gb.

What does everyone else think?

http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/iphone-3gs-drops-to-99-8gb-only-iphone-3g-discontinued/

wlf

student89 wrote: »

there is no 8gb 3gs. 16 and 32, the same as the new iphone 4.
if what the woman says is right the iphone 4 will be = 16gb £449 and 32gb £499. (the same as the iphone 3gs models are on the apple uk website now)

They are currently discounted by 50 pounds so the new models will be 499 and 549, same as the normal price for the old ones.

cactusdust

secretmsg wrote: »

http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/iphone-3gs-drops-to-99-8gb-only-iphone-3g-discontinued/

No. The poster above is correct.

They're making a 8GB 3GS model to sell alongside the iPhone 4.

nontechie

My screen name says it all, so sorry if my questions are dumb.

Using O2 as an example, I have noticed that the new 12 month sim only tariffs are £5 per month dearer than the current 3GS ones and have a data limit, whereas the 3GS ones don't. Would it be possible to get a 3GS contract, then buy a 4 handset and do a sim transfer, preserving the benefits of the better 3GS contract ? Does this make sense ?

Also, as the new 4 has a ''micro sim'' how can someone use a non-iphone sim only contract with a 4 ?

Finally, why should anyone get a sim-only iphone contract if the standard smartphone contract is cheaper ? What's special about the iphone contract and what would we lost in functionality etc if the cheaper standard contract is used ?

jicms

Probably a question answered before, but can I buy the iphone 4 in the USA and use it here? Presumably I would need to unlock it.

jimbms

jicms wrote: »

Probably a question answered before, but can I buy the iphone 4 in the USA and use it here? Presumably I would need to unlock it.

Of course you can but don't expect apple to fix it if anything goes wrong unless you want to take it back to america

jicms

jimbms wrote: »

Of course you can but don't expect apple to fix it if anything goes wrong unless you want to take it back to america

Oh, that's a good point! Will have to pay the UK rip-off price I suppose!